Candy mold and press



B. H. SMITH.

CANDY MOLD AND PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 13. |919.

Patented Feb. 10, 1920.

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SpecicatonvofLetters Patent. .Patented-Fbox Application filed September"3, 1919. SerialY No.. 323,587.

To allwiwm t may concern.'

Be' it known that BERRIEN H. SMITH,

a citizen of the United States, residing ,at-

this character including molds having ad-y justable bottoms.

A still further object of the invention is.

to provide a deviceof this ycharacter which is simple in construction,`compact in its form, and manually operable.

These objects are attained by the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which j Figure 1 is a side elevationandsectional view of the candy press and mold constructed in accordancewith my invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the base Aand mold;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the handle detached from the base;

Fig. 4L is a transverse sectional View through the base and one of themolds, showing the movable bottom;

Fig. 5 is a detail view of one of the movable bottoms;

Referring to the drawings, 5 indicates the base of the press having apair of open ings 6 and 7, the opening 7 being larger Y than the opening6. The end 8 of the press 5 extends above the surface thereof to providea suitable connection for a handle 9 which is hinged thereto, as at 10.The broad end 11 of the handle 9 is beveled, as atV 12, and projectsover the upper surface of the end 8 and is intended to engage the sameto limit the upward movement of the handle 9.

Secured to the upper surface of the base 5 is a plate 13 including apair of molds 14 and 15, the mold 14 being larger than the mold 15. Eachmold is provided with a slot 16 adapted to receive the skewer ofr thelollypop, while projecting from the opposite side of the mold Ais a lug17 which 1s Vinternally threaded and intended to receive an adjustingscrew/18 which extendsl lSlidablydis.

into the opening vof the mold. posed in each mold is a movable bottom 19comprising atop 20, a bottom .21, vandsides 22. -Formed in the 'side 22is a groove 23,- the rear wall 211 of which is inclined toward thebottom 21, theupper end of the wall 23 terminating flush andmergingwitlr the top 2O and the-side-22.f The adjusting screw 1S isintended to be disposed -inthe l groove 23 and to 'engage the rear wall24C.' to hold the movable .bottom inthe desired 1 position. `In vorderto hold the handle inr its extended position to permit unobstructedlentrance to the mold, ay spring 25 `is. pro'.- vided and is secured tothe base member 5,

its side Vportions 26 being coiled and :its in- A ,termed-iate portion27 freely engaged with` the lower surface-of .thev handle 9. Ahook 28 ispivoted tothe base member'5, as at 29, and is intended to engage thefree end of the handle 9 to hold the handle in engagement with the topsof the molds against the tension of the spring 25.

In operation, the bottoms 19 of the molds 14C and 15 are adjusted byrotating the screw 18, which causes the bottom to move either upwardtoward the top of the mold or downward through the registering openings6 and 7 in the base 5. rlhe bottoms 6 and 7 are of sufficient thicknesstok withstand any pressure applied to the candy deposited in the mold bythe handle 9. If desired, the

frame 5 can be made in various lengthsV and constructed to include anynumber of molds,

each provided'with a movable bottom so as l to .adjust the'mold tothesize of the lollypop'desired. Y

' From the foregoing, it will be readily seen that this inventionprovides a Anovel candy press and mold which is simple in construction,compact in form, isreadily adjusted by means of a screw driver or likeimplement, and can be readily operated by hand, its simplicitypermitting it to operate indefi` nitely without the necessity ofrepairs.

.1.' A device of the character described comprising abase, a movablepress handle carried by saidbase, a plurality of molds on'said base thetops of said molds being closed by the handle, each mold having a recessfor the reception of a skewer, a movable bottom for said mold, saidbottom being movableto increase the size of the mold and length ofthevrecesses therein, and means for raising and loweringl the bottom of themold.

2. A device of the character described Y comprising a base, a movablehandle carried 3. In aA device of the character described comprising abase, a movable handle carried by said base, a plurality of molds onsaid base between the base and the handle, each mold having a slot-inone side thereof and a movable bottom having a peripheral, in-

clinedrecess, adjustable means carried byV the mold and operativelydisposed in the inclined' recessV for raising and'lowering said movablebottom, said handle coperating Withthe molds to iorm a substancedeposited therein.

4:. A device of the character describedV comprising anV elongated basemember, an

' extension on one end thereof, said base meinber having a series ofgraduated openings7 a press handle pivoted to the extension, Va ytension, said molds registering withV the openings in the base, eachmold having a bottom movable therethrough and the base,

' Vand a screw threaded in the sidewall of each mold and arranged toengage the movable bottom to adjustand secure they bottom in the mold..v Y

5. A. device of the character described comprising an elongated basemember, an extension on one end thereof, said base member having aseries ot IGraduated openings, a press handle pivoted to the extension,a series of graduated molds carried by said base and terminating in theplane or the extension, said molds registering with the openings in thebase, each mold having a bottom movable therethrough and the base, and ascrew threaded inthe side wall of each mold and arranged to engage themovable bottom to adjust and secure the bottoni in the mold, said handleserving as a top and operating means simultaneously. for each mold ofthe series. Y a

In testimony whereof I hereunto a'li'iX my signature.

ABERRIEN` II. SMITH. Y

